Trump says 25th amendment is 'zero risk to me'

[webfact 78,442]

Trump says 25th amendment is 'zero risk to me'

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit at the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Alamo, Texas, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

ALAMO, Texas (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is not concerned about the 25th amendment allowing his cabinet to remove him from office, even as the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives plunged ahead on a resolution pressing Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the constitutional provision.

 

"The 25th amendment is of zero risk to me," said Trump, as he spoke in front of a section of the Mexico border wall in Texas, a symbol of the stringent immigration policy he has pursued during his tumultuous four years in office.

 

Since activists wanting to keep Trump in office laid violent siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Democratic lawmakers have raced to find ways to remove him before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, saying he has put the safety of government at risk.

 

Alongside pushing ahead a resolution using the 25th amendment, House lawmakers are working an article of impeachment.

 

Trump said using the 25th amendment in this new way "will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration. As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for."

 

"The impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger and division and pain, far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the USA, especially at this very tender time," he also said.

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland; Additional reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Writing by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Franklin Paul and Alistair Bell)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-13

 

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[Somtamnication 23,561]

No worries, mate. Wait until noon Jan 20th. A slew of state-led charges will arrive. 

[scorecard 21,114]

Me, me and me. As usual, not one word about the important issues such as the beyond belief numbers of new Covid 19 infections and deaths, and more.  

 

I hope he an his wife are held until all the children separated from their parents/families are reunited. 

Edited January 13 by scorecard

[spiekerjozef 4,423]

It's the people without a brain that want to keep him there you should worry about. Plenty of those in the Banana Republic.

[spiekerjozef 4,423]

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

zero risk to me'

The tax man might disagree...

[OneMoreFarang 26,344]

Are there any crazy people who realize that they are crazy? 

[Captain Monday 1,748]

Smart ones. They take their meds and go to therapy on time.

 

[Jeffr2 7,312]

Lie number 25,000?

[Tug 21,249]

He’s delusional,he is the poster boy for the 25th amendment let’s see just count it up he’s got more Americans killed than the axis powers in ww2 all branches all theaters destabilized nato wrecked our alliances wrecked our economy is trying to wreck our institutions and just tryed to pull a coup the 25th amendment is to kind imo I prefer impeach then prison he’s an absolute disgrace 

[Jeffr2 7,312]

1 minute ago, Tug said:

He’s delusional,he is the poster boy for the 25th amendment let’s see just count it up he’s got more Americans killed than the axis powers in ww2 all branches all theaters destabilized nato wrecked our alliances wrecked our economy is trying to wreck our institutions and just tryed to pull a coup the 25th amendment is to kind imo I prefer impeach then prison he’s an absolute disgrace 

We're having a 9/11 event every day now.  Trump's the president, so needs to take the blame for this.  Especially due to all the failures along the way, not to mention the lies and propaganda.

[Whale 276]

Sadly he is right there is no way the 25th amendment will be enacted, its a legal minefield of opinion.

Edited January 13 by Whale

[mtls2005 15,511]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Trump said using the 25th amendment in this new way "will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration. As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for."

 

"The impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger and division and pain, far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the USA, especially at this very tender time," he also said.

 

 

 

So I'm guessing he's not heeding the republicans call for healing, unity and moving on?

 

 

 

 

[Thailand 18,617]

Not the 25th but this is interesting.

 

"McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict"

[Dumbastheycome 5,697]

Section 4 of the  25th Amendment is not a "new way" . It is only that it has never been invoked before!

I do not understand why Pence is so reticent . Trump and Co. were happy to watch the mob actively  hunting through the Capitol for him expressing  the aim of killing him and  others as a means to destroy the constitutional established seat of Government . Had that been achieved who knows what Trump's actions would have been. IMO  Pence  could easily  justify  invoking  Section 4 citing derangement causing a psychological incapacity to  function according to the Presidential  Oath of Office.

[mtls2005 15,511]

In a letter to Speaker Pelosi vp pence declines to invoke the 25th....